This article orginally appeared in Canadian Musician magazine's 40th anniversary issue, published in March 2019.
By Andrew King
Streaming services. Copyright reform. The value gap. Music cities. There’s been no shortage of hot-button topics facing the Canadian music industry these last few years, though that’s basically been the
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Canadian Musician magazine.
By Michael Raine
Two related themes have dominated music industry discussions and reporting over the last couple of years. From industry conferences at Canadian Music Week and South by Southwest to reports by the BBC and
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Canadian Musician.
By Michael Raine
It seems like a source of great frustration at SOCAN that many songwriters are not bothering to collect their live performance royalties. While most songwriters know SOCAN collects and distributes their performance royalties for
The article originally appeared in the September/October 2016 issue of Canadian Musician magazine
By Michael Raine
Record labels, music publishers, songwriters, and musicians; these folks are earning money from on-demand streaming services. Combined, they’re earning a lot of money from the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of Canadian Musician
By Michael Raine
Canadian content regulations worked. It’s just an accepted fact, even by many of its critics. CanCon succeeded in creating a music industry and infrastructure where none existed on Jan. 18, 1971, the day
